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JOAN BENNETT ELEANOR HOLM

Claicaao Sunday Tribune

JOAN CRAWFORD JUNE LANG

Looking at Hollywoodwith Ed Sullivan

Hollywood, Cal.

"IN SICKNESS and health-till death do us part."The solemn vow doesn't

make sense in Hollywood thisyear, with close to twenty dl-vorces or separations already onfile, and more to come if thegossipers are correct, and unror-tunately they generally are.Martha Raye, Joan Crawford,

Mrs. Frank Shields, Joan Ben-nett, Mrs. Everett Crosby, LupeVelez, Sari Maritza, Fay Wray,Barbara Stanwyck, Sigrid Gurie,Mrs. Randolph Scott, Mrs. JackOakie, Renee Torres, Luise Ral-ner, Fannie Brice, June Lang,Mrs. Dick Arlen, Mary KirkBrown, Mrs. Dennis O'Keefe,Mrs. John Barrymore's mother,and Mrs. Billy Wilkerson al-ready have appeared in the dl-vorce courts or have directedtheir lawyers to draw up papers,

• • •As if this were not sufficient

grist for the Reno mills, therehave bee n persistent rumorsabout Dorothy Lamour; ReneeDe Marco served separation pa-pel's on Tony De Marco; PauletteGoddard has been taking regu-lar trips to Reno; Art Jarrettlost Eleanor Holm; the BertWheelers have been living apart;the Tom Browns separated andthen made up; the HumphreyBogarts divorced so that his ex,Mary Phillips, could wed Ken-neth MacKenna, while Bogartwedded Mayo Met hot; andGeorge Brent separated fromConstance Worth. Lee Russellreached an agreement with herhusband so that she could con-tinue her friendship with Her-bert Marshall. Clark Gablefinally served notice of his Inten-tion to ask Mrs. Clark Gable fora divorce.In the midst of all this marital

confusion it remained for Stan-ley Laurel of the team of Laureland Hardy to supply the uninten-tional humor. Laurel, like mostof the slapstick comedians, is anever-Iovin' man. To celebratehis most recent marriage, thatto Iliana, Russian singer, Laureldecided to get married over andover again in every westernstate. After the third marriagehis bride declared she woulddivorce him forthwith, but Lau-reI hastily married her again

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CLARICGABLE has tinally s.rved notice of intention to divorce Mrs. Gable.With hiin is Carole Lombard.

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Film CareerIs Rough on

MarriageBy ED SUIJJVAN

and got her mind off such punt-tive measures.Frances Langford and Jon

Hall, the "Hurricane" husky,added the final mockery of mar-riage. As a publicity stunt MissLangford and Hall were remar-ried in New York City when shearrived there to play a vaude-ville date, It won page one at-tention because both of them hadto submit to the physical exami-nation which the board of healthin New York now demands.Yet before using these Holly-

wood divorce statistics as aspringboard to the conclusionthat California's cllmate exertsa baneful Influence on Dan Cupidit might be well to consider thatin the 1930 divorce census five

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other states led California to theReno wire.New York (I blush to admit it,

as a native New Yorker) led allthe rest with a divorce percent-age of 10.3; Pennsylvania wassecond with 7.8; Illinois, 6.2;Ohio, 5.4; Texas, 4.7; California,4.6. The state with the lowestdivorce rate was Nevada at 0.1,although Reno is In Nevada. The1940 figures, of course, will sendCalifornia up with the leaders,because the motion picture In-dustry has grown fast in the lasteight years.

There is no doubt in this re-porter's mind that Hollywood isnot the ideal setting for mar-riage. The ambitions, the over-night successes, the overnightfailures, the clash of careers, thefabulous salaries, and the temp-tations of Hollywood are notthe soil in which marriage growsbest. The performers are, over-powered by publicity that turnstheir heads. They are subjectedto a continuous nervous strainthat makes them irritable andunreasonable and petty.

• • •For those who haven't a well

defined sense of moral balancethis movie colony is a tight ropefraught with peril. They aretossed this way and that, andthose who walk it without fall-ing into a divorce court are tobe more respected for the haz-ards they overcome.The scarcity of eligible males

in Hollywood is one potent rea-son for the divorce rate. Eligiblemales are scarcer than hens'teeth out here. As a result thegirls are not above fiirting withmarried men, and that starts aprocession of heartaches that toooften winds up in the divorcecourts.Curiously enough, the three

heart busters of the screen, ClarkGable, Robert Taylor, and Ty-rone Power, are completely re-moved from contention. CaroleLombard took Gable out of clr-culation, B a I' b a I' a Stanwyckcaught Taylor, and Tyrone wentfrom Janet Gaynor to NormaShearer without any romanticdetours. You can't blame thesethree for a high divorce rate.Gable, Taylor, and Power mindtheir own business.Drink does not enter into the

MRS. JACIC OAIOE

l"oi£e .f .Le ~."ie FGODear Miss Tin~e: I understand Claud-

ette Colbert is working at Paramountmaking anotherpicture after thefour months' va-cation in Europe.C I a u d e t t e nodoubt is full ofpep and her newpicture will be upto all her formertricks. My guessis no Colbert pro-duction is everdull.Best of wishes

to your success,Miss Colbert.

EDWARDROEHRICK.Editor's note:

Miss Colbertthanks you, I'msure!

SIGRID GURIE, one of the recent members of Hollywood's divorce Bet.

divorce picture out here. Fiveyears ago the moving pictureindustry had a high percentageof Iushers and drunkards. TheFatty Arbuckle party testified tothe general atmosphere. Todaythere is a minimum of drinking.There are a few who go off onperiodic drunks, but they are soexceptional that they are news.As the business has geared itselfup to a point where actors andactresses get $150,000 a picture,the proportion of misfits hasdwindled. The race may not beto the swift, but most assuredlyit is to the sober and reliable.The clash of careers and vant-

ties is a powerfully disturbingfactor. In the cases where thewife becomes famous on thescreen the husband's offendedvanity supplles the domestic dis-cord. In the instances wherethe husbands, after years of fail-

ure on the stage, suddenly be-come famous as great lovers ofthe screen, the temptation oftenis for the husband to continuehis amours bey 0 n d workinghours. The wife, in contrast tothe beautiful young things ofHollywood, seems old and shop.worn.The Russian legend is that

" When your heart's on fire,smoke gets in your eyes." Soran the hit song of "Roberta,"and it carries as much truth aspoetry. Hollywood has amendedit to a certain degree. In thistown, where hearts are constant-lyon fire, fueled by newspaperclippings and ambitions, it issmall wonder that eyes smartcruelly from smoke that gets inthem. It is that condition thatreduces the 600 miles from HoI·lywood to Reno to a hop, skip,and jump,

Letters published in this department should be written on one side of the paper.If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Dear Miss Tin~e: Strange, isn't it, howflowers remind you of people? For in-stance:Gardenia-Jean Harlow.Orchid-5onja Henie.Morning glory-Myrna Loy.Lily of the valley-Loretta Young.Water lily-Dorothy Lamour.Rose-Norma Shearer,Sweet pea-Anita LouIse.Violet-Deanna Durbin.Bluebell-Claudette Colbert.Orange blossom-Virginia Bruce.Carnation-Olivia De Havllland.Lilac-Alice Faye,Sincerely yours, BONNIE STEFFEN.Editor's note: Such a lovely bouquet!

Dear Miss Tlnee: As you know, almosteveryone has a favorite movie star, andmine is Katharine Hepburn. To my pointof view Miss Hepburn is one of the mostoutstanding actresses of today. Every onethought for a while that she would not bea success in pictures. but Miss Hepburnhas shown us that she is and always willbe one of the finest actresses In film his-tory. In" Stage Door" she made GingerRogers look silly. Ginger may be all rightin a way, but she would have to go toquite an extreme to equal Katharine Hep-burn.Wlll you please print something about

Katharine and is It true that she is to bemarried soon? Sincerely,

BOB SHERMAN.Editor's note: A nice girl! "Married

soon'" Well-she's not saying-so howcould 11 •. She was born in Hartford,Conn. She's 5 feet 8 inches tall, has gray

CLAUD srra COLBERT" No Colbert production is

dull," says a fan.

Dear Mae: Why do we import most ofour stars? What Is the matter with ourgood American actresses and actors? Ithink it Is terrible what the Americanpeople have to put up with. Would theEuropeans do it for us? No, of coursenot. Are they any better than our ownAmerican people? Let Americans stick to-gether. Think it over, public, and whatdo you think and what would you do ifyou had anything to say about it?

JACK McNALLY.Editor's note: With ear to the ground

we await an answer.

eyes and is a brunette, Hobbies are tennis,swimming, and golf. Before entering mo.tion pictm'es Miss Hepburn appem·e.d onthe stage.

Dear Mae Tin~e: I have agreed withmost of your column's letters, but I want'to disagree withLouise R. So shedoe s n 't thinkRobert Taylor Isas good an actoras Clark Gable?Well, I think heIs just as good, Ifnot better. Thetrouble with peo-ple Is that theyare jealous ofT a y lor's swiftrise to fame andhis great fernl-nine appeal.When Gable roseto fame he didnot h a v e thecompetition Tay-lor had. So here'shoping for more,bigger, and better pictures fro~ RobertTaylor, and try and give the guy a break.Yours truly, C. M. K.P. S.-Could you please prInt a small

picture of Errol Flynn and also the listof pictures he has played In?EditmJs note: There are certainly two

schools of thought on the subject Of RobertTaylor! Here's Mr. Flynn's picture andsome bits about him: He was born in Ire.land, June 20, 1909. He's 6 feet! inChes

ERROL FLYNNHis movie cereer listed

by titles.

tau, weighs 180 pounds, and has brownhai1' and eyes. Films in which he's ap-peared are " Don't Bet on Blondes," « The,Case of the Ourious Bride," «CaptainBlood," « The Charge of the Light Bri-ga,de," '<Green Light," "The P1-ince andthe Ptuiper," «The Perfect Specimen,""The Adventures of Robin Hood."

Dear Miss Tinee: I've heard a lot aboutWlll Hays being the czar of the pictureindustry. Could you tell me just exactlywhat he does, how many people are on hisstar, and where his office is? Thanksloads. GEORGE COLE.Edit01JS note: A large order! To ieu

anybody "exactly" what any man does!However, here's a bit of dope on Mr. Haysthat may prove helpful: Mr, Hays wasborn in Sullivan, Ind., Nov. 5, 1879, ze-ceived bachelor of arts degree in 1900 andmaster of arts degree in 1904from Wabashcollege and later a doctor Of laws fromMount Union college. On his twenty-firstbirthday wa-s admitted to the Indiana bar,later becoming a member of his father'slaw firm, known for two gene1'ations as thefirm. of Hays & Hays, and served as cityattorney in Sullivan. 'During the wa1' waschairman of the Indiana state council ofdefense. In February, 1918, became chair-man of the Republican national committee.Following the election of President Hard:ing he was appointed postmaster generalOf the United States, resigning in 1922' tobecome president of Motion Picture Pro-ducers and Distributors of America, Inc.,located at 28 West 44th street, New York.He is also active in professional and socialenterprises. You're welcome.